Henry townsend



` with a block and eye. y p Figure 2 shows abracket attached to thetrestle- .trees` to forma bearing forV the shroud-yokes, and isv citedl" time I @aient (tiiiiize.

HENRY TWNSEND, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

. Leners'paant No. 100,819, daad March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTJN"CREEK-PIECES AND SHROUD-YOKES FOR SHIPS IIRIGrG-INYGl TheSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename,

Tol all whom 'itfmay concern Be it known that I, Hanni TownsEND, of thecity and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented Improved Cheek-Pieces and Shroud- Yokes for Ships Masts; and I`do hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in wllich-Figurel represents a mast-,head and trestle-tree with the improvedcheek-piece and shrond-yokes bearing upon elastic packing, and attachedto the `shrouds made fast to the trestletree, crois cast on the samewhen the trestle-tree is made of metal.

Figure 3 represents the cheekpiece, which is hollow on the' back side toadmit air between it and the mast.l

` The nature of my inventionv consists of making a cheek-piece for` amasthead of iron or any suitable metal, instead of wood, as heretofore,and iron yokes around the mast-head to hold the,` shrouds, Yinstead ofbinding them around the mast in the old way, and

also', of elastic packing applied to the bolster or trestletree to easethe strain of a sudden surge on the shrouds. i

To enable others .to understand m"y invention, I refer to the drawings,in which- The object of this invention is to preserve the mast,

whereas the Old kind of cheek-piece and bolster are blocks of wood,which absorb the water and .rot the' mast. f

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure `by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination ofthe metallic Ventilating cheek- -piece and bolster,as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The shroud-yolge scribed.

3. The elastic packing, in combinatioulwith a me- A tallic cheek-pieceor trestle-tree, for the purpose set forth.

The abovespeccaton of my said invention signed andwitnessed atPhiladelphia, this' Y Witnesses: HENRY TOWNSEND.

, OWEN McDoNALD,

J oHN REILLY.

` l, in combination with the.. cheek-piece and bolster, for the purposeherein (ie--

